In July 2022, Russians purchased 137 new electric vehicles, which is 29.7% lower than a year ago. Experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" came to this conclusion after processing and analyzing the relevant data of JSC "Electronic Passport". But according to the results of seven months of 2022, the market of new electric vehicles in our country, on the contrary, is showing the growth: during this period, 1,415 such vehicles were purchased, which is 37.5% higher than for seven months of 2021. Why such multidirectional dynamics? The agency’s experts explained the current situation by the fact that at the end of 2021, Russian dealers, by preparing for the abolition of customs privileges for the import of electric cars (they were canceled from January 1st, 2022), brought electric trains into the country with a stock that was successfully sold at the beginning of 2022 (in January-March, up to 300 new electric vehicles were purchased monthly).
Now, when electric cars are imported to Russia in a general basis, and a number of brands have stopped deliveries against the background of the announced sanctions, the decline in this segment is a natural process, which the agency’s experts predicted in advance. A vivid example: in July 2022, the Russians purchased only 9 units of Porsche Taycan (in July 2021, 65 of these electric cars were purchased - less by 86%). Also, a significant decrease is observed for some Tesla and Audi e-tron models (from 40% to 45%). According to the results of July, American Tesla took the first place among the brands in the segment of electric vehicles with a result of 48 units. The second position is occupied by the German brand Volkswagen (21 units), the third is its “countryman” Audi (16 units).
The top five is finished by Chinese BYD and German Porsche (9 units each). It should be noted that the model variety of electric cars purchased in July on our market has increased significantly (26 versus 19 models in July 2021), but many of them were bought in a single copy. The July Model Ranking is led by the Tesla Model 3 with 27 units, followed by the Tesla Model Y (15 units) and the Audi e-tron (12 units). The remaining models were purchased in quantities of less than 10 units.
